Free Post trolling Engaged Reading Digest: the escalation of trolling to the global stage If you were in any doubt that the fundamental tools of the online troll are now at play in global politics, the last week should have put paid to that.
Free Post Twitter Engaged Reading Digest: engaging ethically and slaying trolls The best of the web on engaged journalism ethics, troll fighting and mentorships.
Free Post audience engagement Engaged Reading Digest: constructive journalism, news moments, TikTok and trolls Moving on from just reporting the problems, exposing new times for engaging with readers and more, in this selection of fine, artisanal links.
Free Post reddit Engaged Reading Digest: Adobe's Reddit error, impact editing and good news for good news Today's digital journalism digest: good news, new job roles and Reddit trolls
Free Post trolling Meeting an islamophobic troll What happens when a muslim writer meets his persistent troll? An insight into the way the lonely and struggling can be sucked in by a feeling that they are part of something special.
Free Post cyberattacks An early sign of Russia’s infowars I think we can safely file this 2016 New York Times piece under the “we should have taken this more seriously” category: But pro-Russian voices have become such a noisy
Free Post anonymity When A Trump Troll Is Outed Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity
Free Post community What Makes A Troll A Troll? Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
Free Post community management Video: Men read harassing tweets to female journalists' faces This is uncomfortable viewing. Men – volunteers – read out nasty and harassing tweets targeted at female sports journalist – to those journalists. It starts off much lighter than it becomes later on.